=== Big Ideas ===
=== Essential Questions ===
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| Diverse biomes exist in Pennsylvania. | |
| The biotic and abiotic components within an ecosystem interact. | |
| Organisms have specific roles in ecosystems. | |
| Specific habitat management practices influence the success or failure of species. | |
| Scientists use specific criteria to categorize organisms as threatened, endangered or extinct. | |
| Biotic and abiotic components within a habitat change, or differ, based on their location and topography. | |
| Natural and human events can affect aquatic, terrestrial, and wetland environments in a variety of ways. | |
| Organisms within an ecosystem interact with other biotic components, abiotic components and within populations. | |



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